Province of China
Jiangsu
江苏省Jiangsu is a province of China. It covers about 100,000 km² (38,600 mi²), the 25th largest of the 31 provinces and regions in Natural Earth’s file for China, and about the same size as South Korea. About 84.7 million people live there (Wikidata, 2020).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 100,000 km²38,600 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 98,300 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of China | 1.1%of the area of the 31 provinces and regions |
| Rank by area | 25th of 31provinces and regions of China |
| Population | 84.7 millionWikidata, 2020 · the census year of every unit |
| Density | 847 people per km² |
| Capital | Nanjing |
| Latitude range | 31°N to 35°N |
| Type | ProvinceCN-JS |
What the numbers say about Jiangsu
- Jiangsu covers 1.1% of the area of China and ranks 4th of 31 by population, against 25th by area.
- It would take 93.7 regions the size of Jiangsu to cover China.
- Jiangsu holds 6.0% of the 1.41 billion people that Wikidata’s 2020 figures give for the 31 provinces and regions together: about 1 in 17.
- The largest, Xinjiang, is 16.3× the size of Jiangsu; the smallest, Shanghai, is 6.7% of it.
- Closest in size within China: Zhejiang (101,000 km², 1.01×) and Fujian (121,000 km², 1.21×).
- Counted as a country, Jiangsu would be larger than 132 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 108th by area, between Iceland (102,000 km²) and South Korea (98,500 km²).
- With 84.7 million people it would rank 19th of 238 by population.
- Jiangsu has 847 people per km², about the density of Mauritius, which has 628 per km².
- That makes Jiangsu the 4th most densely populated of the 31 provinces and regions, 5.63× the average for China (150 per km²).
- On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 33°N is drawn about 1.4× too large in area, so Jiangsu looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, Jiangsu stretches about 483 km north to south and 516 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 98,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 100,000 km², to within 2%.
About the same size as
Beside the regions of other countries
The closest region by area and by people in each of the other countries that have regional pages here, within a factor of 2. All 395 regions side by side.
- United StatesAreaVirginia0.96× · 104,000 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- IndiaAreaBihar1.06× · 94,700 km²PeopleWest Bengal0.93× · 91.3 million (2011)
- GermanyAreaBavaria1.43× · 70,000 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- FranceAreaNouvelle-Aquitaine1.18× · 85,000 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- SpainAreaCastile and León1.06× · 94,800 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- JapanAreaHokkaido (Japan)1.27× · 78,800 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- BrazilAreaPernambuco1.03× · 97,600 km²PeopleSão Paulo1.91× · 44.4 million (2022)
- CanadaAreaNew Brunswick1.38× · 72,800 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- AustraliaAreaTasmania (Australia)1.47× · 68,100 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- MexicoAreaOaxaca1.09× · 92,200 km²Peoplenone within 2×
Where Jiangsu sits in China
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Sources and method
- Outline
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outline, shown rounded. The region’s whole area is counted, every island included.
- Official figures
- Area, population and capital from Wikidata (CC0), fetched 2026-11-12
- Population
- Wikidata, 2020. China’s units share the 2020 figures where Wikidata has them; the year is shown wherever the figure is.
- Matching
- Countries come from Natural Earth’s country file. Places whose status is contested and dependencies are never used as automatic matches. A region under 2,500 km² is matched against the small countries and island nations.
- Data built
- 2026-11-12